Showing posts with label Kindle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kindle. Show all posts

Monday, 8 July 2013

Twitter's Vine video app arrives on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets

Twitter's Vine video app arrives on Amazon Kindle Fire tablets Vine arrived on Android earlier this month

Twitter's Vine video app has graduated to a new platform this weekend and is now available to download from the Amazon app store for Kindle Fire tablets.

The app, which allows users to create and upload short, 6-second video clips, had only been available on Apple's iPhone or Android smartphones.

Vine's arrival on Kindle Fire is the first time the app has been optimised specifically for a tablet device.

The decision to launch on the Kindle Fire is somewhat surprising considering the questionable quality of the device's front-facing camera and the lack of any rear-facing camera.

There's also no Vine app for Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 at this time.

Vine's expansion comes following new competition from Facebook-owned Instagram, which rolled out its own short video feature earlier this month.

Reports this week had suggested uploads to Vine had taken a hit as a result of Instagram's encroachment on its reason for being.

To combat the new rival, Twitter updated the Vine Android app earlier this week to include support for the front-facing camera, bringing it in line with the iOS app.

Via The Verge

Blip: Price cuts for Amazon Kindle Fire HD, HP Slate 7

Price cuts for Amazon Kindle Fire HD, HP Slate 7 Prices drop right on time for summer vacation

For those of you getting ready for vacations and don't want to pack a whole library, HP and Amazon have reduced the prices of their 7-inch Android tablets just for you.

The just released HP Slate 7 has seen a $30 drop and is now retailing at $140 for the 8GB model and $170 for the 16GB in the US, with the 16GB Amazon Kindle Fire HD available for $169 (£139)

It seems like both HP and Amazon want some of the action from Barnes and Noble's own recent price drop of the Nook HD and the Nook HD +. The Nook sale is still happening so we'll see in the upcoming weeks which tablet everyone has decided to snatch up.

After all, with so many tablets to choose from and at such great prices - which won't be here forever - how can you not be tempted to get your hands on one?

Via Android Community and The Digital Reader

Some quick summer reading for ya: